Nicole Sandelier, director of Economic Policy Research at NJBIA and executive director of Focus NJ, provided the following summary of NJBIA’s Education and Workforce Development Policy Committee meeting, held virtually on Jan. 21. Senator Teresa Ruiz and Assemblywoman Mila Jasey spoke at NJBIA’s Education and Workforce Development Policy Committee last week to discuss the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the challenges the state continues to […]
Higher Ed
Paying for College, but Getting No Degree
Many high school graduates these days start their college careers at a community college and then transfer to a four-year institution to get their bachelor’s degree. But what if they don’t finish? In New Jersey, that usually means they wind up with no credentials, not even an associate degree. The state’s higher education leaders have […]
NJBIA Praises Final Legislative Approval of $34 Million Higher Ed Construction Funding
The Assembly and Senate today approved legislation, strongly supported by the New Jersey Business & Industry Association, which would appropriate the remaining $34 million from a voter-approved bond issue for construction projects at higher education institutions, and help boost technology and health science programs and renovate classrooms and labs. The $34 million is the balance […]